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#DFACAF

Baby Pink · light warm pink

About #DFACAF

With the hex code #DFACAF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 67% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 22% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

If you had to name it, it is very close to Baby Pink — a ΔE of 7.9 — followed by Dusty Rose. For maximum hue contrast, pair it with its complement #ACDFDC, a powder blue shade.

In design, a light colour like this works best for large surfaces, cards and soft highlights. Put black text on top of it — 10.66:1, a WCAG AAA pass.

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Red223
Green172
Blue175

Closest named colours

Baby Pink
#F4C2C2 · ΔE 7.9
Dusty Rose
#C9A29B · ΔE 8.4
Pink
#FFC0CB · ΔE 10.2

ΔE measures visible difference: under 2 is barely noticeable, over 10 is clearly different.

Text on #DFACAF

WCAG contrast for white and black text on this colour.

White heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DFACAF.
1.97:1Fail
Black heading text
Body copy set on baby pink #DFACAF.
10.66:1AAA

Colour-blindness preview

How #DFACAF appears to people with the three most common types of colour-vision deficiency.

Normal vision
#DFACAF
Protanopia (no red cones)
#B4B3AF
Deuteranopia (no green cones)
#C0BCAE
Tritanopia (no blue cones)
#E9A8AD

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Frequently asked questions

›What colour is #DFACAF?

With the hex code #DFACAF, this is a light pink with a muted character. Its RGB recipe is 87% red, 67% green and 69% blue, while a printer would mix 0% cyan, 23% magenta, 22% yellow and 13% black. It reads as a warm colour.

›What text colour should I use on #DFACAF?

Use black text. Black on #DFACAF has a contrast ratio of 10.66:1 (AAA).

›What colours go with #DFACAF?

Its complementary colour is #ACDFDC, and analogous partners are #DFACC9 and #DFC3AC.